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(43) Date of publication: 15.06.2022 Bulletin 2022/24 (21) Application number: 20757055.7 (22) Date of filing: 27.07.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 5/0225(2006.01) A61B 5/022(2006.01) A61B 5/0235(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 5/0225; A61B 5/0235; A61B 5/02255; A61B 5/02241; A61B 5/6826 (86) International application number: PCT/US2020/043678 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/025885 (11.02.2021 Gazette 2021/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 06.08.2019 US 201962883570 P (71) Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Irvine, CA 92614-5688 (US)	(72) Inventors: SETTELS, Jacobus Jozef Gerardus Maria 1426AR De Hoef (NL) SIEMONS, Alexander H. Irvine, CA 92614 (US) (74) Representative: Eisenführ Speiser  Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Postfach 31 02 60 80102 München 80102 München (DE)